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CVE-2007-1497

Impact:: Moderate
Public Date:: 2007-03-07

Bugzilla:: 238947: CVE-2007-1497 IPv6 fragments bypass in nf_conntrack netfilter code

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

nf_conntrack in netfilter in the Linux kernel before 2.6.20.3 does not set nfctinfo during reassembly of fragmented packets, which leaves the default value as IP_CT_ESTABLISHED and might allow remote attackers to bypass certain rulesets using IPv6 fragments.

Find out more about CVE-2007-1497 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (kernel)	RHSA-2007:0347	2007-05-16

Last Modified 2018-05-01T23:25:09+00:00

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